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Have no idea if the source is credible.
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Oh, man! I was eating breakfast! Was
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Poland to ask EU for compensation for supplying tanks
Poland will ask the EU for compensation for the cost of Leopard 2 tanks it wants to send Ukraine, the Polish prime minister said on Tuesday.
“We will apply for reimbursement to the European Union, it will be another test of good will,” Mateusz Morawiecki told a news conference.
Morawiecki said that he hoped there would be a quick response from Germany over whether Warsaw can re-export the tanks, Reuters reports. “I hope that this answer from Germany will come quickly, because the Germans are delaying, dodging, acting in a way that is difficult to understand.
“We can see that they do not want to help Ukraine defend itself in a wider way.”
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In December 2018, there was a mass outbreak of dysentery in seven kindergartens in Moscow, with 127 people falling ill. It was traced back to cottage cheese provided by one of Prigozhin’s companies.
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Our northern neighbors provided some rather unpleasant welcome gifts to russians invading Ukraine
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Ukraine has taken another step toward deepening its ties to NATO by signing an agreement to formalize its participation in the security alliance’s Joint Center for Advanced Technologies in Cyber Defense (CCDCOE).
The CCDCOE functions as a cyber-defense knowledge hub, research institution, and training and exercise facility that assists members with technology, threat-sharing and policy expertise. CCDCOE membership is not limited to NATO nations.
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I was interested to find a piece some time ago on our own curious encounter with facial hair and discipline.
I’m not quite sure why beards, of all things, would be such a big deal; but apparently people who won’t shave to spec being dangerous and unprofessional is a thing.
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Wonder if this was the trade-off for Germany ok-ing the Leopards?
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Seems a harmonious and linked coincidence.
ETA: “Coincidence” probably isn’t the right word. Harmonious and linked.
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The very special needs of the Abrams will necessarily limit their usefulness, but where they can be kept fueled and maintained, I suspect Vlad the Defenestrator will be in for a very rude surprise.
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90 Seconds to Midnight, thanks Putin.
This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting dangers of the war in Ukraine. The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been.
The war in Ukraine may enter a second horrifying year, with both sides convinced they can win. Ukraine’s sovereignty and broader European security arrangements that have largely held since the end of World War II are at stake. Also, Russia’s war on Ukraine has raised profound questions about how states interact, eroding norms of international conduct that underpin successful responses to a variety of global risks.
And worst of all, Russia’s thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons remind the world that escalation of the conflict—by accident, intention, or miscalculation—is a terrible risk. The possibility that the conflict could spin out of anyone’s control remains high…
via thedoomsdayclock
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This war ending with Ukraine as a full-fledged member of NATO would be an absolutely epic self-own for Putin.
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